丁香园AV

• Christian Parr (January 11, 2024) - "Revitalize, Rebuild, Replace: Investigating Socio-Economic Change in a Canada Lands Company led Redevelopment in Chilliwack, British Columbia"

• Tory Lawson (January 30, 2024) - "How did the City of Richmond and Agricultural Land Commission's Collaboration to Implement Multifunctional Agriculture in the Peri-Urban Fringe Fail in the No. 5 Road Backlands Policy?"

• Ann Barnard Ball (February 8, 2024) - "The unmarked path towards integration: The role of market and social citizenship in the integration of refugee claimants"

• (March 4, 2024) - "Using City-owned land to address Vancouver's housing crisis: A case study of the Vancouver Affordable Housing Agency"

•  (March 4, 2024) - "A Cooperative Comeback? Study of the recent return of cooperative housing development in Vancouver through the 3-l's Framework lens"

• (April 9, 2024) - "Coexistence Planning and Indigenous Urbanism: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation"

• (May 15, 2024) - "Vancouver鈥檚 Temporary Modular Housing Program and the Challenge of Public Engagement in an Era of Urban Crisis"

•  (June 21, 2024) - "Local Government Collaboration on the North Shore"

• (July 8, 2024) - 鈥淭ransport Disadvantages and Their Adverse Social Consequences: A case study of 丁香园AV commuter students鈥�

• (August 15, 2024) - 鈥淕entrification, renters and resistance in Metrotown鈥�

•  (August 21, 2024) - 鈥淐onnecting the unconnected: Exploring the impacts of digital socializing platforms on life of older adults鈥�

Program Events:

• (January 16, 2024)

Thesis defences: 

• Rebecca Gunderson (January 12, 2023) - 鈥淓mergence and Disappearance:  How did managed retreat move from an 鈥榚merging direction鈥� to being removed as a policy option in Crescent Beach, Surrey, B.C.?鈥�

• Lisa Dekleer (February 10, 2023) - 鈥溾�楲et's talk supportive housing鈥�: a critical discourse analysis of responses to homelessness in Maple Ridge, B.C.鈥�

• Maxine Schleger (April 3, 2023) - "Valuing and Assessing Intangible Heritage in Vancouver, British Columbia: The Case of Wong's Market"

• Richard Demkiw (April 4, 2023) - 鈥淎 Study of Built Form and Public Life in Downtown Vancouver鈥檚 Central 拧x史茮 虛 蓹n蓹q Xwtl鈥檈7e虂nk Plaza鈥�

• Jordan Booth (April 6, 2023) - 鈥淢aking Connections: Understanding Pedestrian Indices in Squamish, British Columbia鈥�

• Bruna Maciel (September 7, 2023) - "Making sense of "Problem Propertiest" in the City of New Westminster: investigating governmental problematization of private rental properties"

• Brad Ingram (November 8, 2023) - "Retrofitting Suburbia: Surrey Central City Twenty Years Later"

• Robyn Chan (December 4, 2023) - "The impact of place-based grassroots activism when challenging the real estate state: Strategies and successes of the False Creek South Neighborhood Association"

• Winnie Lee (December 6, 2023) - "Aspirations and Reality of a Compact Walkable Neighborhood: The Case of Surrey鈥檚 East Clayton Neighborhood鈥�

• Kamilah Charters-Gabanek (December 15, 2023) - "From suburb to regional hub: Exploring logistical geographies in Abbotsford, B.C.鈥�

Program Events:

• (November 2 & 20, 2023)
• (November 3, 2023)
• (November 15, 2023)
•  (December 6, 2023) - with 丁香园AV's City Program

Thesis defences: 

• Camila Silva (January 18, 2022) - "Cedar Place Redevelopment: A Case Study of public-private partnership in affordable housing redevelopment"

• Beverly Chew (March 9, 2022) - "Exploring the role of the outdoor built environment for aging in place: A look into the False Creek South Neighbourhood"

• Amanda Gutmanis (April 14, 2022) - "A Collaborative Governance Process: The City of Vancouver鈥檚 2015-2018 Healthy City Strategy"

• Stephen Wilkinson (May 10, 2022) - "Deserted to Destination: A Planning and Design Case Study of the High Bridge, Bronx鈥�

• Farina Fassihi (July 11, 2022) - 鈥淯nderstanding Differences in Travel Behaviour Among Electric and Conventional Vehicle Drivers: Evidence from a One-Day Travel Diary in Metro Vancouver鈥�

• Ghazaleh Akbarnejad (July 21, 2022) - 鈥淪ocial use and meaning of neighbourhood public realm: lived experience of high-density community housing residents in Richmond, BC.鈥�

• Alasdair Butcher (July 26, 2022) - 鈥�36 Blood Alley Square: Housing Histories of Conflict and Co-production鈥�

• Aman Chandi (September 6, 2022) - "Making space: Community engaged research highlighting a spectru of intentions, perceptions and ramifications behind the temporary use of transition spaces in Newton, Surrey from 2014-2020"

• Aphrodite Bourkidis (October 3, 2022) - 鈥淐ommunity Spaces as Critical Infrastructure: How the South Vancouver Neighborhood House Contributed to Community Resilience during the Pandemic鈥�

• Nancy Chan (October 6, 2022) - 鈥淐learing the air: Barriers to improving air quality and reducing environmental inequity along the Clark-Knight corridor鈥�

• Nichole Holdbak (October 19, 2022) - 鈥淓xamining Reconciliation within the Vancouver Public Library鈥�

• Emmanuel Okorji (December 7, 2022) - 鈥淎nalyzing the influence of regional planning efforts in creating compact developments: A case study of the Metrotown regional town centre鈥�

Thesis defences: 

• Holly Adams (January 21, 2021) - "Vancouver's Young Professionals and the Impacts of their Financial Challenges"

• Matt Campbell (April 9, 2021) - "Permission to be Loud: Struggling with Urban Development Contradicitions in the Vancouver Music Strategy"

• Zolzaya Tuguldur (April 29, 2021) - "Understanding Sense of Community in a Master Planned Community in Richmond's Oval Village"

• Dionne Co (May 17, 2021) - "Crisis Intimacies: The Dialectics of Shared Housing"

• Steve Kim (July 21, 2021) - "More than a Place of Worship: Resilience Through Social Capital in the Korean Church during the COVID-19 Pandemic"

• Natasha Letchford (July 22, 2021) - "Off-leash dog parks: not just for dogs"

• Jenna Aujla (August 6, 2021) - "Exploring perspectives: Vancouver street-style skateboarders in urban public space and beyond"

• Simon Godspeed (September 17, 2021) - "An investigation into the governmental rationalities of Vancouver Coastal Health鈥檚 interventions in the Downtown Eastside"

• Rebecca Cuttler (October 15, 2021) - "The role of the City of Vancouver in addressing childcare availability"

• Nathan Korstanje (November 16, 2021) - "Puzzling, powering, and the transit funding gap: Learning from the 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite"

• Sadia Tabassum (December 6, 2021) - "Embodied Fear, Perceived Safety and Transit-based Mobility among Women of Color in Metro Vancouver"

• Paul Siggers (December 6, 2021) - "Coalitional Politics in the Development of Vancouver鈥檚 Chinatown from 2000 to 2019"

• Leandro Correa (December 22, 2021) - "Assessing the relationship between Ride-Hailing and Sustainable Transportation modes in Vancouver"

Program Events:

• Pandemonium | Not Back to Normal: Housing Post-Pandemic (January 27, 2021)

• Pandemonium | Urban Resilience: New Realities (February 24, 2021)

• Vancouver鈥檚 Big Moves: Transport Development in Lotusland (March 19, 2021)

• Inequalities in access to housing and social housing in the Montreal region (March 22, 2021)

• Pandemonium | Taking It to the Streets (March 24, 2021)

• Sustainable mobility from three urban studies perspectives (March 26, 2021)

• The landscape and municipal approaches to social housing in metro Vancouver (April 9, 2021)

• When Indigenous studies meets urban studies (April 23, 2021)

• Some trends from a decade studying cities in the Vancouver view (April 30, 2021)

Thesis defences: 

• Sara Obidi (February 27, 2020) - "Multilevel Governing in British Columbia: A Case Study of Residential Development and the Agricultural Land Reserve in the City of Richmond"

• Kayzad Nadirshaw (April 1, 2020) - "Managing Stormwater More Sustainably Using Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development"

• JB McEown (April 9, 2020) - "The Motivations and Operational Realities of Mixed Model Developments in the Province of B.C."

• Jessica Carson (April 15, 2020) - "Relationship-Building on Unceded Lands: An Examination and Assessment of the Musqueam鈥揧VR Sustainability and Friendship Agreement"

• Julia Hulbert (April 15, 2020) - "Decolonizing Municipal Heritage Programs: A Case Study of the City of Victoria鈥檚 Heritage Program"

• Yida Lin (April 20, 2020) - "Investigating Accessibility of Public Campus Spaces at the University of British Columbia and 丁香园AV"

• Scott Erdman (April 20, 2020) - "A Leap of Faith: Motivations for Place of Worship Redevelopment in Vancouver"

• Rahil Adeli (May 5, 2020) - "Theory meets practice: social innovation theories and grant funding strategies at the Vancouver Foundation"

• Luc Bagneres (May 29, 2020) - "Learning in public space: The design process behind Science World's Environmental Trail"

• Audrey Guay (August 19, 2020) - "Mission to build: Converging and competing interests over church property redevelopment in Vancouver, B.C."

• David Sadler (September 29, 2020) - "Grassroots Groups and Local Government: Exploring the Dynamics Between the Coquitlam Farmers Market and City of Coquitlam"

Program Events:

• Dr. Leanne Roderick is our CUO (Chief Urbster Online for Summer 2020!) (April 22, 2020)

• Vancouver Urban Pandemic Panel: What does COVID-19 mean for cities (May 26, 2020)

• Pandemonium: Pandemics and Long-range Planning (September 30, 2020)

• Pandemonium: Being Kind: How Much Sociability Matters (October 21, 2020)

• Smart City Solutions Pitch Night (November 18, 2020)

• Pandemonium: The Post-COVID-19 Urban Economy (November 25, 2020)

• Transit subsidies, downtown commuting and equity: Findings from recent 丁香园AV research (December 15, 2020)

Thesis defences: 

• Kati Tamashiro (March 6, 2019) - "Mobility Pricing in Metro Vancouver: Implementing a Decongestion Charge in the Region"

• Danielle DeVries (March 12, 2019) - "Household income composition changes with rapid transit implementation: A natural experiment study of SkyTrain, Metro Vancouver, 1981-2016"

• Chris Puzio (March 22, 2019) - "Housing Affordabiilty Within Complete Communities: A Descriptive Case Study of Metrotown Town Centre"

• Stephanie Allen (June 12, 2019) - "Fight the Power: Redressing Displacement and Building a Just City for Black Lives in Vancouver"

• Claire Adamson (August 13, 2019) - "Public Life in Minrou Park: Community Connection in Richmond鈥檚 City Centre"

• Kate Elliott (August 13, 2019) - "Tools of the Trade: How tool selection increases challenges in the work of binners in North-Central Surrey"

• Joan Chamunorwa (October 29, 2019) - "Social sustainability strategies in green neighbourhoods: An assessment of Dockside Green"

• Lani Brunn (October 31, 2019) - "Finally Home: Housing that Works for Women Who Have Experienced Homelessness"

• Sarah Beer (December 13, 2019) - "Fostering Community Resiliency for Displaced Persons: A Case Study on the Saddlebrook Temporary Neighbourhood"

• Shea O'Neill (December 16, 2019) - "How will restaurants adapt and succeed in a world without plastics?"

Program Events:

• 2019 Urban Challenges Forums (January 23, 2019)

• Mythmaking in the Desert:  Trees and Taking Bedouin Land in the Naqab (January 31, 2019)

• Book launch: The Political Thought of C.B. MacPherson (February 5, 2019)

• Urban Studies open house for prospective students (September 5, 2019)

• Wherefore Urban Education (September 13, 2019)

• Pandemonium: The Post-COVID-19 Urban Economy (November 25, 2020)

• Transit subsidies, downtown commuting and equity: Findings from recent 丁香园AV research (December 15, 2020)